KenmoreIntuition BU4020 Bagged Upright Vacuum Pet Friendly Lift-Up Carpet Vacuum Cleaner 2-Motor Power Suction with HEPA Filter, Pet Handi-Mate, 3-in-1 Combination Tool for Carpet, Floor, Pet Hair

This vacuum has been great for me. The suction has been consistently great, both for floor vacuuming and hose vacuuming. After a little over 6 months of owning and using the vacuum, I just had to replace the bag for the first time today. Granted, it only gets used for a living room rug and a bedroom, but that's still pretty good. I'm really glad I decided to make the switch from a vacuum with a dust cup to a bagged vacuum. So much easier and cleaner!The closest thing to a complaint I have is that it would be really nice if I could remove the wand/hose (for higher vacuuming) without having to unwrap the entire cord. Since the upper hook that the cord wraps around is on the removable wand, you have to completely unwrap the cord any time you want to use the wand. That's the one thing that annoys me.My first time replacing the bag didn't go super smoothly, but now that I know what to do, it should be quick and easy next time. Even though I looked at the instructions, I didn't realize that the bracket you insert the top of the bag into is supposed to pop out at an angle like it does. When I was pressing the bag release button, that was not happening (and it took me a while to get the bag to release). I managed to also awkwardly slide the new bag into the bracket without the bracket being in the position it was supposed to be in. Then, when I couldn't get the dust cover assembly to snap back into the vacuum afterward, I knew something was wrong and consulted a video on YouTube. After seeing what it was supposed to do in the video, I managed to get the bracket to pop out like it was supposed to (not sure why it didn't before) and then clicked it successfully back into place, and the assembly snapped back onto the vacuum fine then. Now that I've got that learning out of the way, it should be smooth sailing.I've had no problems with the brush roll or anything else. It has done great with my cat's long hair, my long hair, cat litter that gets tracked on the floor, dirt, etc. I even vacuumed up ants with it once and then wondered if they would end up crawling out. No ants made it back out that I observed.So far, this has been a great vacuum, and the price is quite decent at $170. You can spend a lot more money on a vacuum, especially bagged vacuums. Very happy with my choice to get this Kenmore!(Review is for Kenmore BU4050 Intuition Bagged Upright Vacuum, liftup Cleaner with Hair Eliminator brushroll, pet Handi-Mate for Carpet, Hard Floor, Rose Gold)

I have 5 cats, a dog, various foster pets, and multiple people with long hair all shedding in my house on top of the usual mess young kids can make, so I've tried all the big-name vacuums that promise to take care of my level of disaster. They all get tangled and stopped up right away and they've been impossible to keep going for long. And to top that off, none of them really had the suction power that they claimed to have. This one, however, is everything, and this listing for it is too humble.My biggest complaint is how great it sucks everything up, which is also one of the things I love most about it. Since I'm used to subpar vacuums, I'm also used to being able to vacuum while there are still random socks or pet toys or homework lying on the floor. DON'T DO THAT WITH THIS VACUUM. It not only cleaned several months of untouched nastiness in our rug, but it also took up playing cards, kids socks, hair clips, and paper towels with almost no issue. The sock stayed in the brush area, but the paper towel went almost all the way through to the bag. I thought I'd be unclogging the hose forever, but there's this switch on the handle that allows you to mess with the hose suction, and I was able to pop it out of the way with little to no issue.The sensors are excellent. One shows if the brush is being effective (which clued me into the sock's location) and the other shows the fullness of the bag (which clued me into the paper towel in the hose). This is the first vacuum I've had with a bag in it, and I'm so ok with it.It's light, durable, easy to assemble, quick to move and maneuver, and with the suction power, it's also exceptionally efficient and thorough. If my carpets can't slow it down, it should be able to handle anything. Buy this vacuum. It's beyond worth it.

I've had this vacuum for almost two years. I love the bags, because of my kid's asthma, it helps trap everything. I have a rough collie, a horse, an indoor rabbit and we live on a small farm; there's a lot of dirt and fur but the bags last pretty long and are easy to remove and replace. I did have one issue with a bag I bought but it seems to have been a fluke. I have mostly hard floors with area rugs in every room, and it seamlessly goes from hard floor to carpet. One downside is I have one high carpet that will trigger the brush to stop but I found that if I adjust the suction to less I do not have that issue. I love the light at the end of the vacuum; old farmhouse means a lot of dark corners. I also love the lift feature to remove the roller from the rest of the vacuum. It makes stairs so easy.The only negatives I have is that you can't use the wand at all unless you unwrap the whole cord which is just a slight in convenience and I'm just nit picking. My biggest complaint is how short the wand is. I have vaulted ceilings in my stairwells and I can not reach them with the wand. I wished it came longer.All in all I would highly recommend this vacuum and would buy it again if this one broke.